Tenori-on Tommy Klein

YouTube via acidjack303. via sequencer.de
"Tommy Klein explain the Yamaha Tenori-on at the Musikmesse 2008 in Frankfurt Germany"

Jean Michel Jarre's return to planet Oxygene

“When I got them out of storage and played them again, I realised something that even I had forgotten - that these analogue instruments are unique,” Jarre says. “Choosing to use these old synths instead of their modern equivalents is not a retro thing, it is not nostalgia, it is because technological progress has almost nothing to do with the quality of the instrument.

A violinist playing today would rather play a Stradivarius than any other instrument - a violin made 400 years ago. Many guitarists would say that the best electric guitars ever made were Gibson Les Pauls and Fender Telecasters from the 1950s or early 1960s. It is the same with these analogue synths.”

You can find the full interview on the Times Online.

Synth City

flickr by indianredlopez
(click for more details if interested)

Band is based in Scotland.

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Inside a Roland Juno-60

flickr by Michael Greene

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Cluster

flickr by sushiluv

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Midnight Monday CatSynth pic

via catsynth.com

E-Mu XL-7

nitrotracker

YouTube via demonfarm
"nitrotracker sequence running korg legacy polysix arp in ableton via dsmidiwifi."

Jarre speak

YouTube via evilsatana. via fischek. "for the deleted videos"
follow-up to this post. Jean Michel Jarre

Modular Casio SK-5 Bent by Oceanus, the Vince Clarke Machine

YouTube via xd515
"Following on from the Modular Sk-1, this is a Mega bent SK-5 in a modular design, with a intergrated Speak and Spell called the 'Vince Clarke Machine'.. not endorsed by Vince but totally capable of making erasure'esque sounds!

Over 100 man hours went into putting this beast together and it has many technical bends previously unheard on the SK, such as the spacial distorter the Auto bend ( as on my modular SK-1 but now syncronised to the internal clock signals ) and the ability to re-program the percussion patterns.

Sadly I can't show all the features in the 10 minutes youtube allow, It can also separate and solo any one of the 4 channels, has separate Percussion / Speak outputs, will sync the autobend to the address bus, you can switch of the internal highpass filters etc.

The Intergrated Speak and Spell has it's own LFO and I have a similar one here on youtube.

This machine may also be for sale for a sensible offer.. :-)

Some hi-res pictures and sound clips can be downloaded from here" When you get there, click the more link in the description on the right and scroll.

Oberheim Mini Sequencer Orgon Enigiser/ nortec

YouTube via bostich1

"Ramon Bostich with Oberheim Mini Sequencer modular upgrade, ORGON SYSTEMS ENIGISER, Aries AR-328 Spring Reverb. www.myspace.com/tijuanasoundmachine"